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They usually play basketball on this court,
though it

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doesn't look very much like it right now.

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That's because there's a very special game
being played on these boards tonight.

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The Computer Bowl All-Star Game,
the best and the brightest of computer techies

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from around the country,
will be here for the National Championship

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of Computer Trivia.

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Bill Gates, Bill Joy, Mitch Caper,
Andy Grove, an all-star cast of computer

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celebrities will be here for the Computer
Bowl All-Star Game on this special

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edition of the Computer Chronicles.

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Computer Chronicles is made possible
in part by the Software Publishers

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Association, providers of educational
materials to help manage software.

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Don't copy that floppy. And by Hewlett Packard,
Personal Computer Division.

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Welcome to the Computer Bowl All-Star Game,
again presented by the

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Association for Computing Machinery.

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We're here at the San Jose Civic
Auditorium and via satellite in Redmond,

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Washington, Boston, Massachusetts.

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It's half time at the Computer Bowl and
the score after two rounds of play, and

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listen to me carefully,
is West Coast 80, East Coast 70.

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There was a mistake in the scoring in
the first half and the East Coast got

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credit for a question which they didn't answer.

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We've checked with both official scorers.
The score is correct. It's West Coast

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80, East Coast 70. Okay?

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All right, for those of you who missed
the first half of the Computer Bowl, let

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me reintroduce our two all-star teams.

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Beginning with the East Coast from Foundation
Technologies Limited, Neil Colvin,

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Bob Frankston of Microsoft, the captain
of the East Coast team, Mitch Kapor of

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the Electronic Frontier Foundation,
author and historian Pamela McCordick, and

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David Nelson of Novell Multimedia.

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Now for the West Coast all-stars.
Bill Gates of Microsoft,

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computer consultant Jeff Kalb,
the captain of the West Coast team,

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Bill Joy from Sun Microsystems,

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David Liddell of Interval Research Corporation,

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and Harry Saul of Smart Valley Incorporated.

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Our referees again tonight are Charlie Bachman,
John Doar, Pat McGovern,

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Heidi Roysen, and John Schock.

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And once again our official examiner
for this all-star game from the Intel

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Corporation, Dr. Andrew Grove.

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All right, the West is ahead by 10 points,
80 to 70. Andy, let's

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get going with our first 10-point question.

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Okay, if you are a movie trivia buff,
you probably know the phrase, Klaatu

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Baradaniktu. David Liddell, West Coast.

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What was the question he's thinking?
In the day the Earth stood still, the robot

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Gort was summoned by those words.

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That's a lot of nice stuff,
but it's not the right answer.

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Let's repeat the question for
the East Coast and complete it.

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If you are a movie trivia buff,
you probably know the phrase, I don't know if I

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can say it the same way twice,
Klaatu Baradaniktu.

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That phrase in fact appeared in two
sci-fi movies. Can you name both of them?

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How good are you? That phrase was seen
in two science fiction movies. You might

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have a guess as to what one of them was.

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Anybody, I've got to call time here.
Yes, yes, okay. It was of course in the day

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the Earth stood still, and it was in Tron.

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Those words appeared on the blackboard
of a programmer in the movie Tron.

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All right, let's go on to the next question.
These are

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tough. This is the all-star game, guys.

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In 1993, a front-page New York Times article
reported that a Long Island computer

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programmer named Michael Lofaro used a
novel technique to persuade one of his

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clients to pay a past-due consulting bill.

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David Liddell, West Coast.

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David, he caused his program to stop
working until the bill was paid.

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One more shot, be more specific.
I'll give you a second try. What did he do

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to get his client to pay the bill?

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I need to quickly do.
That's as far as he can go. I think we've got

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to turn it over to the East Coast. I'm sorry.

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Anybody like to take a shot on the East Coast?

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The program was supposed to stop functioning
as of a given date. The newspaper

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was referred to as a virus,
but that wasn't necessarily correct.

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We've got it now, right? That's it, exactly.
He put a virus in his client's

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computer and it would stop
working at a certain date.

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Okay, that's it.

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Bonus round.

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All right, a bonus round indeed.
It's time for the East Coast. Okay, the score,

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let's see. It is now 80 to 80.
We have a tie ball game, 80 to 80.

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I don't know why people are hissing.
That was fair and square.

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All right, the category is online services. The

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information is superhighway, okay?

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Three questions, ten points apiece.
Last year, one of the major online services

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was acquired by an international media magnet.
Which service, which media magnet?

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It was Delphi and it was acquired by Rupert

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Murdoch.
Absolutely right, ten points for the East.

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All right, you guys are ahead now.
Next chance to get ten points. The current

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presidential administration in Washington
has strongly identified itself

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with the information superhighway.

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In fact, you can email President
Clinton on the internet. What is the

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president's address on the internet?

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It's presidentatwhitehouse.gov.

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You've got it, ten points, okay.

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A shot at ten more points now in
this bonus round. What or who

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are Archie and Veronica?

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Archie and Veronica are?

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They're internet protocols that are used for...
Archie is used to tell you the

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location that particular
files are stored at FTP and

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Veronica does the same thing for Gopher.

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I think we got it, guys, right? All right,
another ten points. That was a big

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one. The East Coast is now ahead,
110, 80 for the West.

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Next toss-up question, Andy.

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The ENIAC is a legendary computer in the
history of computing. In what year was

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the ENIAC first turned on?

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David Nelson, East Coast.
David? 1946. Boy, that's good. All

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right, ten points again. Well done.

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Next toss-up question.

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Dog Engelbart is credited with designing
the first computer mouse. How many

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buttons were there on that mouse?
David Liddell, West Coast. David?

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There were three. There sure were.
That's worth ten points.

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All right, we've got a prop now for this
next question. I'm going to hold this

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thing up.
Let me hold it for a second to make sure

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our cameras can get a look at it.

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And then, Andy, you can ask the question.
Can you identify this important

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computer artifact? David Nelson, East Coast.
David? Ethernet tap.

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All right, ten points for the East. Thank you.

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The Victor 9000 computer featured an
innovative design in his disk drives. What

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was unique? Neil Colvin, East Coast.

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Very good, very much.
This drive is an innovation.

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It's time for the West Coast.
The score, let's see, it is 110, 140,

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I'm sorry, to 90. You guys need 30
points right now, I would think.

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All right, a chance to earn 30
points and get back into this

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game. The category is software.

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We've got a fighting chance. Chance to
earn 30 points. Here's the first question.

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Intel, Andy ought to check me on this.

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You say software. That's the question.
Listen. Intel entered the software market

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this year with its first ever end user
PC software product. What was it?

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What's it called? Worth ten points.
Intel's first

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end user PC product. Pro share.
Pro share is right, Andy. Okay, ten points.

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All right, here's the second question.
A US software company recently received

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the first ever copyright for a computer
program that generates type fonts.

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What's the name of the company
that got that copyright?

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Worth another ten points in this bonus round.
Try to catch up to those East Coast

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guys. The company? Adobe. Adobe is right,
another ten points. You guys are good.

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All right, here's another shot now. Last one.
What was the internal code name for

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Borland's Quattro spreadsheet?

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What was the internal code
name for Borland's Quattro

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spreadsheet? Worth another ten points.

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I have to ask you for an answer bill.
I need an answer bill. Now, now, now.

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Trio. No, I'm afraid not.
It was Buddha because it was going

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to assume the Lotus position.

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That's the right answer. All right,
the score is East Coast 140, West Coast 110.

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Next toss-up question. The market research
firm Computer Intelligence released a

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report on the most popular brands
of IBM compatible PCs in the

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United States in 1993.

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It reported that IBM had the largest
market share and Compaq was second. Which

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computer company came in third?

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David Liddell, West Coast. David Liddell,
computer. That is wrong, I'm afraid.

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Let's go to the East Coast. IBM, Compaq,
and who would like to give it a shot?

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David Nelson, East Coast. Tandy.

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That's not correct either.
The answer is Zenith. Zenith was

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third. Next question.

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In 1976, a computer affair was held in
Atlantic City, New Jersey. At that show,

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Steve Jobs ripped his blue jeans.
Another attendee came to his

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rescue and sued him up.

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Bob Frankston, East Coast.

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Bob, what's the answer? Dottie Veets.
I'm sorry, say again. Dottie Veets. Stan

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Veets' wife. That's correct. No, wait.
Is that correct? The wife. Okay. The

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answer is the wife of Veets.

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Is that right? It's a little... No, we're

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close, but not quite right.
So the answer is wrong.

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All right, he said the wife of Stan Veets,
correct? We're a little confused here.

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Hold it, hold it, hold it. Bob,
give me the full answer. I said the daughter

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needs the wife of Stan Veets.
And that is not the correct answer.

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So we'll give a shout over here and Bill
has rung his buzzer. Bill, what do you

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think? His...his jeans were...
the holes in his jeans were sewed by

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the wife of Paul Veets.

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Are we there? We're getting close.
We think that might be right if you could tell

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us who Paul Veets is.

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It's the mother of the guy who wrote the book.
Yeah. Stan Veets'

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mother-in-law is the answer. Okay.
Well done. Ten points for the West.

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Time.

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All right. We're out of time. That...
that is the end of...yes? It's the mother

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-in-law. Paul Veets would not
be the mother-in-law. Hold it.

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It's the mother-in-law, not the mother.
Mother-in-law. His wife would be the

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mother and it's the mother-in-law, we believe.

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So they're both wrong. So the both answers
are wrong, you're telling me. Yes.

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Right, both are wrong. Good try, guys.
Take away those ten points from the West.

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Let's get rid of this question.
Now get rid of that question. It was too darn

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complicated to begin with.
Does it matter, guys?

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At the end of round three,
the score is still East Coast 140, West Coast

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110. We'll be right back.

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Okay. Welcome back. This is it, guys.
The fourth quarter, the last round of the

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Computer Bowl All-Star Game. The score
right now is the East Coast 140, the West

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Coast 110. This is it.

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Last shot.
Let's go to a toss-up question, Andy.

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In 1963, Tandy bought Radio Shack.
How many stores were in the Radio Shack chain

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at that time? Was it nine, 15, 26, or 42?

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Bill Gates, West Coast. Bill? Nine.
Nine is the right answer. That's ten.

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There were several consumer-oriented online
services available today, but one of

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the original online services, online systems,
was CompuServe. In what year did

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CompuServe first go online?
Was it 1969, 1971, or 1974?

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David Nelson, East Coast.
What do you think, David?

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1969. That's the right answer for ten points.

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Bonus round.

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All right. It's time for a bonus round.
The East Coast is ahead 150 to 120, and

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it's your turn, East Coast, for a bonus round.
You can stretch that lead. This

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could be putting it away.

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The category is Computer
Industry Personalities.

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Three questions, ten points apiece.
IBM is often known as a company that tries

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very hard to protect its trade secrets.
That policy apparently

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applies to people, too.

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When Lewis Gersner was among the final
nominees for the top job at Big Blue, he

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was given an internal code name.
What was the code name? Was it Abel, Little

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Blue, Cyber Kid, or Blackbird?

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What was Lou Gersner's code name when
he was one of the final candidates

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at IBM? Blackbird. That's not correct,
I'm afraid. Abel. The answer is Abel.

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All right. Here's another shot,
another ten points. Who was generally credited

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with having coined the term virtual reality?

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Jaron Lanier.
Right for ten points, Jaron Lanier.

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Another shot at ten points. Scott Page
is one of the founders of 7th Level, a

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company which sells interactive multimedia
entertainment software. At one time,

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Scott Page played saxophone for a
popular rock group. Which group?

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Pink Floyd. Pink Floyd is right.
Another ten points.

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All right. You guys picked up the lead here.
The East Coast,

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170, West Coast, 120.

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All right. Here's your chance, guys.
We're running out of time. Andy, go.

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The New York Times was one of the first
newspapers to switch from hot type to

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computerized typesetting. The first
computer typeset edition hit the stands on

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July 2nd of what year?

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Pamela McCordick, East Coast.

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Tam? 1980. That is not correct. Anybody
from the West Coast like to take a shot?

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Bill Joy, West Coast. Bill? 1979.

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One more was 1978, I'm afraid.
That was a tough one. All

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right. Let's try another ten point question.

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Parts of a famous historical computer
have appeared on television in the sci-fi

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series Time Tunnel and Lost in Space.
What machine was it?

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What famous computer was on Time
Tunnel and Lost in Space? Parts of it

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anyhow. Anybody want to give it a try?

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A famous historical computer on two
sci-fi TV shows. Bill Joy, West Coast.

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Universe. That's not correct.
Anybody want to take a shot at least?

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Pamela McCordick, East Coast. The stretch? No.
The answer was the sage. The sage.

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Let's try another ten point question, Andy.
Among the many acronyms in the

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computer field is this one, FTP.
What? David Liddell, West Coast.

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FTP, David, it stands for?
File transfer protocol. Sure does. Ten points.

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What was the... Hold it. That's the bonus
round, noise, Andy. Bonus round. The

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score is 170 for the East, 130 for the West.
It's a 40 point spread.

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Let's try to make 30 points right now, guys.
This is it.

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This is the last bonus round. The category
is computer games. Here's your first

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chance at ten points. SEGA is now the
dominant company in 16-bit video game units

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in the United States. The name SEGA is
an acronym. What does SEGA stand for?

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Why is SEGA called SEGA? Or SEGA?

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I need an answer, gentlemen.
Pretty quick. SEGA stands for?

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Strategic Electronic Games. No. Good idea,
but Service Games, believe it or not.

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Service Games is where SEGA got its name.

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All right, we got two more shots here.
Another ten points. When Nolan Bushnell

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and Ted Dabney started Atari Corporation
in 1972, they each coughed up an equal

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amount of money. How much did they each put up,
and I can just take it in

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figures. Was it three figures,
four figures, or five figures?

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Three. That's right.
Two hundred and fifty bucks apiece.

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Good guess. Ten more points now.
In 1990, a computer

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beat a world chess champion for the very
first time. Can you name the computer?

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It's a computer.
And the chess master who got beat by it.

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This was 1990, the first time a
computer beat a world chess master.

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I need the two who played in the game,
the computer and the person.

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Deep thought. Nigel's short.

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I'm afraid not.
The computer was Mephisto, and the

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chess player was Anatoly Karpov.

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Tough one. All right.
The score is 170-140 right now.

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Favor the East Coast.

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All right. Let's get back to toss-up questions.

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What was the first commercially
available computer with a 12-bit word?

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David Liddell, West Coast. David?

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Digital PDPA.

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That's not the right answer.

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So we'll go to the East Coast
and finish the question.

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Was it the deck PDPA, the PDP-5,
the link, or the CDC-160?

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David Nelson, East Coast. David?

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CDC-160. That's the right answer.

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Ten more points for the East.

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In 1993, Christi's auctioned off
a computing artifact that went

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for $11.8 million.

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What was it? Your choice is a Greek
calendar computer from the year

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80 B.C., a mechanical calculator from
the 19th century, or a vacuum tube

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assembly from the ENIAC.

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Pamela McCordick, East Coast.

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What was it, Pamela?

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It was a 19th century computer.

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It sure was.
It was from 1822, a mechanical calculator

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by Johann Christoph Schuster.

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All right. Next question.

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U.S. News and World Report recently
asked engineering school deans to rank

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graduate schools to see which one had the
best program in computer engineering.

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Who came in number one?
Was it Stanford, Carnegie Mellon?

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Mitchell Kapor, East Coast.

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Carnegie Mellon.
That is not the correct answer.

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Finish reading the question,
and West gets a shot at it.

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Caltech or MIT?

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Which of those four came in
first in a ranking as to who

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was the best school for computer engineering?

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Need an answer quick.

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Bill Joy, West Coast.

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Bill, what do you think? Stanford.

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No, that's not right. The answer was MIT.

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We got some grads here.
All right. Go ahead, Andy.

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One of the earliest spreadsheet programs
was called Sorsum. Who wrote it?

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David Liddell, West Coast.

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David?

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The spreadsheet from Sorsum
was written by Richard Frank.

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That's right for ten points.

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[...]

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Music means we're out of time for
the fourth round. We're out of time

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for the computer bowl. It's all over.

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The East Coast wins 190 to 150.

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The winner and world
champion is the East Coast.

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Congratulations to our winners.

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Thanks to all of our contestants
and to all of our students.

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Thank you to all of you for joining us
for this computer bowl all-star game.

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Also special thanks to the Computer
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Computing Machinery, Intel Corporation,
Computer World Magazine, all the sponsors

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and underwriters who made this event possible.

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